Lucie Hradecká

Lucie Hradecká
Lucie Hradecká at Wimbledon in 2013
Nation:	Czech Republic
Birthday:	21st May 1985 (age 35)
Size:	177 cm
Weight:	72 kg
1st professional season:	2002
Playing hand:	Right, forehand and backhand with both hands
Trainer:	Jiří Fencl
Prize money:	$ 5,473,864
singles
Career record:	511: 351
Career title:	0 WTA , 20 ITF
Highest ranking:	41 (June 6, 2011)
Current placement:	300
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	551: 240
Career title:	23 WTA, 35 ITF
Highest ranking:	4 (October 22, 2012)
Current placement:	28
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Olympic games
Last update of the infobox: December 16, 2019
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Lucie Hradecká (born May 21, 1985 in Prague , ČSSR ) is a Czech tennis player .

Career

Hradecká started playing tennis at the age of four. Their preferred terrain is the lawn. Until mid-2011, she was trained by her sister, Petra, who was ten years her senior.

In 2002 Hradecká played her first professional match, and in 2003 she won her first two ITF tournaments.

She won her first title on the WTA Tour in 2006 in Portorož alongside Renata Voráčová . The pairing, seeded at number 4, won the final without a fight against Eva Birnerová and Émilie Loit . In Wimbledon , Hradecká reached the second round with Hana Šromová in 2006 . In Indian Wells she moved into the semi-finals of the double competition in 2007 together with Voráčová.

On June 3, 2011 Hradecká won the doubles competition at the French Open on the side of Andrea Hlaváčková . The pairing secured their first title in a Grand Slam tournament with a 6: 4, 6: 3 final victory over Sania Mirza and Jelena Wesnina .

In 2011, Hradecká also achieved good results in the individual. In April she reached the final at the WTA tournament in Barcelona with victories over Benešová , Errani and Vinci, and in May she was among the top 50 for the first time. She also moved into the semifinals and quarterfinals of the WTA tournaments in Memphis and Strasbourg and also reached the third round in Indian Wells.

On August 15, she won the eleventh WTA double title in Bad Gastein. After reaching the semi-finals in 2012 at the Australian Open on the side of Hlaváčková and the titles of Auckland and Memphis as well as the finals in Indian Wells, she improved in May 2012 to position 8 in the double world rankings.

At the clay court tournament in Madrid she then caused a sensation in the individual competition. Started as a qualifier in the tournament, after victories over Shuai Peng , Petra Kvitová , Jekaterina Makarowa and Samantha Stosur, she only failed in the semifinals against the eventual winner Serena Williams . At Wimbledon , she reached the final with Hlaváčková for the first time in 2012, which she lost to the Williams sisters in straight sets. At the US Open they were again in the final and were defeated by Roberta Vinci and Sara Errani 4-6 and 2-6. In October 2012, after her 15th WTA title in doubles in Luxembourg, she reached fourth place, her best ranking so far.

In Québec , Hradecká was in the singles for the first time since the clay court tournament in Barcelona in 2011 again in the final of a WTA tournament. But even in the fifth attempt she did not want to win the first individual title on the tour, she lost to Kirsten Flipkens with 1: 6 and 5: 7.

In the 2013 season, Hradecká won her number two and three Grand Slam titles. First, she and her compatriot František Čermák secured the title in the mixed competition in Roland Garros. Then she and her permanent partner Andrea Hlaváčková won the doubles competition at the US Open ; it was their eleventh joint title in professional tennis. At the end of the season, doubles partner Hlaváčková separated from her after five years.

With Michaëlla Krajicek she played the most tournaments in 2014. So the duo reached the final at the ITF tournament in Prague , which they won against Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Šafářová 6: 3 and 6: 2. At the French Open , she only failed in the semi-finals. She won the tournament in Québec with Mirjana Lučić-Baroni 6: 3, 7: 6 ⁸ against Julia Görges and Andrea Hlaváčková. Then she played again with Hlaváčková and they won their first tournament in Poitiers .

In 2015 she played the entire season with Hlaváčková, with a few exceptions. She did not win a title with her, but reached a final three times. With Julia Görges she won the tournament in New Haven . The season was rewarded with the qualification for the WTA Championships , where she was eliminated in the semifinals.

At the Australian Open 2016 she was with Hlaváčková in the final of the Grand Slam tournament for the first time, in which they only had to admit defeat to the top-placed women's doubles at the time, Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza , 6: 7 ¹ and 3: 6.

Since 2010 she has also played for the Czech Fed Cup team , with which she won the team competition in 2011 , 2012 , 2014 and 2015 . Her record so far in the Fed Cup : 6: 2 wins in doubles, 1: 3 in singles.

At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Hradecká won the bronze medal in mixed together with Radek Štěpánek .

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	August 24, 2003	Enschede	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Lotty souls	7: 5, 6: 4
2.	October 4, 2003	Trenčianske Teplice	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Irina Delitz	6: 3, 6: 2
3.	April 4, 2004	Cavtat	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Lenka Tvaroskova	7: 5, 6: 0
4th	April 18, 2004	Bol	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Romina Oprandi	6: 4, 6: 3
5.	May 30, 2004	Biograd na Moru	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Lisa Tognetti	6: 3, 6: 2
6th	June 13, 2004	Staré Splavy	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Sabrina Jolk	6: 1, 7: 6 3
7th	September 12, 2004	Durmersheim	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Petra Russegger	6: 0, 5: 7, 7: 6 1
8th.	March 13, 2005	Rogaška Slatina	ITF $ 10,000	Carpet (hall)	Kristina Andlovic	6: 4, 6: 2
9.	November 20, 2005	Průhonice	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court (hall)	Agnieszka Radwańska	4: 6, 6: 1, 7: 6 8
10.	February 12, 2006	Capriolo	ITF $ 25,000	Carpet (hall)	Darija Jurak	6: 1, 6: 4
11.	May 27, 2007	Gorizia	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Eloisa-Maria Compostizo-De Andres	6: 2, 6: 3
12.	August 3, 2008	Bad Saulgau	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Carmen Klaschka	6: 1, 4: 6, 6: 4
13.	February 8, 2009	Belfort	ITF $ 25,000	Carpet (hall)	Wesna Ratkovna Manassieva	6: 3, 6: 2
14th	February 15, 2009	Midland	ITF $ 75,000	Hard court (hall)	Eleni Daniilidou	6: 3, 6: 3
15th	May 16, 2010	Prague	ITF $ 50,000	sand	Ajla Tomljanović	6: 1, 7: 6 4
16.	November 7, 2010	Nantes	ITF $ 50,000 + H	Hard court (hall)	Valeria Savinych	6: 3, 6: 1
17th	February 13, 2011	Midland	ITF $ 100,000	Hard court (hall)	Irina Falconi	6: 4, 6: 4
18th	May 8, 2011	Prague	ITF $ 50,000	sand	Paula Ormaechea	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2
19th	April 27, 2014	Chiasso	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Tereza Mrdeža	6: 3, 7: 6 4
20th	February 10, 2019	Trnava	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court (hall)	Kristína Kučová	6: 4, 3: 6, 7: 6 0

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	September 24, 2006	Portorož	WTA Tier IV	Hard court	Renata Voráčová	Eva Birnerová Émilie Loit	without a fight
2.	July 29, 2007	Bad Gastein	WTA Tier III	sand	Renata Voráčová	Ágnes Szávay Vladimíra Uhlířová	6: 3, 7: 5
3.	September 23, 2007	Portorož	WTA Tier IV	Hard court	Renata Voráčová	Andreja Klepač Jelena Lichowzewa	5: 7, 6: 4, [10: 7]
4th	May 3, 2008	Prague	WTA Tier IV	sand	Andrea Hlaváčková	Jill Craybas Michaëlla Krajicek	1: 6, 6: 3, [10: 6]
5.	July 20, 2008	Bad Gasteiln	WTA Tier III	sand	Andrea Hlaváčková	Sesil Karatancheva Nataša Zorić	6: 3, 6: 3
6th	July 26, 2009	Bad Gastein	WTA International	sand	Andrea Hlaváčková	Tatjana Malek Andrea Petković	6: 2, 6: 4
7th	August 1, 2009	Istanbul	WTA International	Hard court	Renata Voráčová	Julia Görges Patty Schnyder	2: 6, 6: 3, [12:10]
8th.	January 9, 2010	Brisbane	WTA International	Hard court	Andrea Hlaváčková	Melinda Czink Arantxa Parra Santonja	2: 6, 7: 6 3 , [10: 4]
9.	July 25, 2010	Bad Gastein	WTA International	Hard court	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Timea Bacsinszky Tathiana Garbin	6: 7 2 , 6: 1, [10: 5]
10.	June 3, 2011	French Open	Grand Slam	sand	Andrea Hlaváčková	Sania Mirza Jelena Wesnina	6: 4, 6: 3
11.	July 17, 2011	Bad Gastein	WTA International	sand	Eva Birnerová	Jarmila Gajdošová Julia Görges	4: 6, 6: 2, [12:10]
12.	January 7, 2012	Auckland	WTA International	Hard court	Andrea Hlaváčková	Julia Görges Flavia Pennetta	6: 7 2 , 6: 2, [10: 7]
13.	February 25, 2012	Memphis	WTA International	Hard court (hall)	Andrea Hlaváčková	Wera Duschewina Wolha Hawarzowa	6: 3, 6: 4
14th	20th August 2012	Cincinnati	WTA Premier 5	Hard court	Andrea Hlaváčková	Katarina Srebotnik Zheng Jie	6: 1, 6: 3
15th	October 21, 2012	Luxembourg	WTA International	Hard court (hall)	Andrea Hlaváčková	Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu	6: 3, 6: 4
16.	July 14, 2013	Budapest	WTA International	sand	Andrea Hlaváčková	Nina Bratchikova Anna Tatishvili	6: 4, 6: 1
17th	September 7, 2013	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard court	Andrea Hlaváčková	Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua	6: 7 4 , 6: 1, 6: 4
18th	September 14, 2014	Quebec	WTA International	Carpet (hall)	Mirjana Lučić-Baroni	Julia Görges Andrea Hlaváčková	6: 3, 7: 6 8
19th	29th August 2015	New Haven	WTA Premier	Hard court	Julia Goerges	Chuang Chia-jung Liang Chen	6: 3, 6: 1
20th	18th September 2016	Quebec	WTA International	Carpet (hall)	Andrea Hlaváčková	Alla Kudrjawzewa Alexandra Panowa	7: 6 2 , 7: 6 2
21st	October 21, 2016	Moscow	WTA Premier	Hard court (hall)	Andrea Hlaváčková	Darja Gavrilowa Darja Kassatkina	4: 6, 6: 0, [10: 7]
22nd	18th August 2018	Cincinnati	WTA Premier 5	Hard court	Ekaterina Makarova	Elise Mertens Demi Schuurs	6: 2, 7: 5
23.	17th August 2019	Cincinnati	WTA Premier 5	Hard court	Andreja Klepač	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Demi Schuurs	6: 4, 6: 1
24.	August 16, 2020	Prague	WTA International	sand	Kristýna Plíšková	Monica Niculescu Raluca Olaru	6: 2, 6: 2

Mixed

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	6th June 2013	French Open	Grand Slam	sand	František Čermák	Kristina Mladenovic Daniel Nestor	1: 6, 6: 4, [10: 5]

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments and the WTA Tour Championships

singles

competition	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Career
Australian Open	-	1	1	2	2	2	3	1	3
French Open	2	1	2	1	1	-	2	1	2
Wimbledon	1	1	1	1	1	-	1	Q1	1
US Open	1	1	1	2	1	-	1	Q2	2

Double

competition	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	Career
Australian Open	-	1	1	2	AF	2	HF	2	AF	AF	F.	1	-	2	F.
French Open	1	1	2	1	AF	S.	HF	HF	HF	HF	VF	-	1	AF	S.
Wimbledon	AF	1	1	1	2	1	F.	VF	2	2	AF	AF	AF	1	F.
US Open	1	1	2	2	1	VF	F.	S.	AF	AF	AF	F.	VF		S.
WTA Tour Championships	-	-	-	-	-	-	F.	-	-	HF	VF	-	-		F.

Mixed

competition	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	Career
Australian Open	AF	-	1	F.	1	1	1	1	F.
French Open	-	-	1	S.	AF	F.	1	VF	S.
Wimbledon	-	2	-	2	1	-	-	AF	AF
US Open	1	HF	HF	VF	1	1	1	VF	HF

World ranking positions at the end of the season

year	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
singles	410	258	204	174	241	119	65	111	51	46	150	157	53	171	184	740	300
Double	-	593	87	53	67	51	42	38	15th	4th	14th	22nd	17th	10	14th	32	28

Web links

Commons : Lucie Hradecká  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• WTA profile of Lucie Hradecká (English)
• ITF profile of Lucie Hradecká (English)
• Fed Cup stats by Lucie Hradecká (English)
• Lucie Hradecká in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hlavackova and Hradecka split up. (No longer available online.) In: tennisnet.com. October 29, 2013, archived from the original on March 30, 2016 ; accessed on March 30, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.